Applications Engineer IV

Calgon Carbon provides technical support for the sale of activated carbon, equipment, and services in domestic and international markets. The GAC Applications Engineer IV develops technical solutions and market opportunities, supports customers and Sales, and evaluates carbon treatment applications through modeling, pilot trials, and data analysis.

Responsibilities:

• In coordination with Technical Director, Market Development and Sales Director, develop strategies and market-specific approaches to expand existing base business and develop new business opportunities through CCC technology adoption
• Regularly review and evaluate actual results, report/troubleshoot variances, adjust strategy as appropriate
• Provide support for the Business Unit on CCC global initiatives / cross-business segment groups
• Acts as technical support and back-up contact related to specific projects for Sales team
• Serves as liaison between Sales team and internal support teams including Product and Project Management and R&D
• Review bid specifications for clarity, accuracy, and acceptance
• Provide recommendations to improve technical quality of bid specifications and prevent undue risk to Calgon Carbon
• Serve as main Calgon Carbon contact to customer when Technical Sales Rep is unable to respond to customer
• Attend technical conferences and trade shows to gain technical knowledge and represent Calgon Carbon as a leader in the activated carbon market
• Prepare and present papers/posters at conferences, trade shows and virtual opportunities, e.g. webinars
• Develop and present technical presentations / trainings to engineering consultants, clients, regulators, legislators and other to influence selection of treatment solutions
• Represent CCC at Industry Groups and Governing Bodies, AWWA, etc
• Use CCC and 3rd Party computer design programs to predict the performance of activated carbon in liquid and vapor applications
• Set-up and monitor pilot trials in the field to provide design information for future full scale systems
• Interpret data from lab and field trials for both pilot and full scale systems to provide technical design and operational recommendations
• Troubleshoot customer problems such as short filter run-times or unexpected contaminant breakthrough
• Provides application engineering support for a geographic region(s) or a set of Technical Sales Reps
• Provides consulting services for the customer as needed
• Authors pilot study reports as requested by customer

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.), or equivalent from four-year college or university (Chemical Engineering or related engineering/chemistry field)
• 3-5 years of experience in the use and troubleshooting of adsorption equipment at customer sites
• 5-7 years of experience in the application of carbon adsorption technology to address customer requirements in liquid and gas purification, including carbon modeling, equipment design and development, and equipment functionality
• Must be able to work under general supervision with a high degree of creativity and latitude
• Business/marketing experience
• Water treatment experience